Desperate Housewives

Don’t. Just because the finale is upon us, that doesn’t mean you won’t be able to see your favorites on TV regularly. Besides the reruns on Lifetime of earlier seasons, the cast is going to be all over your TV and I’ll be keeping you up-to-date on when.

During the rest of this week, you can see Teri Hatcher on The View and The Late Show with David Letterman on the 16th.

Marcia Cross will star in a Seinfeld episode on the 17th. That will air on TBS at 6:30 PM.

Look for Eva Longoria Parker on HBOSGe. Her movie The Sentinal will air on the 16th at 9:45 AM and 11 PM.

Wanna see Brenda Strong instead of just hearing her do the voice-overs? Now’s your chance. She’s going to be in a Seinfeld episode airing on TBS today at 5:30 PM. You can also catch her on HBOSGe in The Deep End of the Ocean.

Reaper isn’t the only place to see Richard Burgi. You can also catch him in Just Shoot Me on TBS. That will air on the 16th at 2:30 PM.

Catch Orson himself, Kyle McLaughlen on the 17th when he stars in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me on IFC. That will air at 11:15 PM.

Dana Delaney will be on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on the 15th at 11:35 PM as well as guest starring on an episode of Cheers. You can see that on TVLand on the 16 at 8 AM. Don’t forget her role in Tombstone, either. That airs on SHOe at 8 AM on the 18th.

By the way…. I’m sure many of you are aware that Marcia was a regular on Melrose Place in the 90s. She played Dr. Kimberly Shaw, someone who makes Bree look like the definition of well adjusted. Well, here’s a clip I found of her from the show. It’s arguably her most famous scene in the whole serious. Well, with the exception of the time she blew the whole building up…

Good morning! Later on today, I’ll be dishing about Richard Burgi on Reaper, but for now… there’s plenty of news to talk about. Plus, a new promo! First off, everyone’s talking about Edie leaving Wisteria Lane and wondering if that means the end of Nicolette Sheridan on the show. Her reps aren’t talking and Marc Cherry is being a bit tight-lipped as well. The story’s so big, it even made the AP newswire. It seems to have done the ratings some good as well. The episode brought it over 15 million viewers.

Andrea Bowen is also in the news right now. I’ve read various reports saying that, like her TV parents, she has the music bug. She’s planning to record some songs over the summer. Look out, Teri and James! I’ll be looking forward to hearing what she can do.

Finally… I promised a look at the promo. I’m sad to see that the season is ending already, but at least we’re getting a two-hour episode! And what an episode it appears to be. It looks like Lynette’s in for some trouble thanks for Kayla’s phone call and Katherine appears ready to spill what’s going on with her and her family. My personal favorite moment of this promo is the housewives reaction to Susan’s choice in baby names. I have had that reaction many times myself… If you missed it, here it is:

What do you think of Susan’s choice? Will Edie ever return? And what on earth is Katherine hiding? Darned if I know, but maybe you do! Comment and share you thoughts.

Good morning, everyone! Since a new episode airs this weekend, I thought I’d take a look at the new promo today. Before you view it, why not check out a recap of last week’s episode?

They may have been sidelined by a strike, but the Housewives have come back really strong in the last few weeks. Based on that promo, this week is going to be no exception. All the elements are in place for a great one. Apparently, Gabby either decided to snoop or wants to borrow something and ends up coming across the mystery drawer. This leads to my favorite quote of the entire promo: “Carlos, I was a fashion model in the 90s, I know cocaine!”

The Scavos apparently have some more trouble with Kayla while celebrating Mother’s day. I’m basing this on the clip of Lynette asking someone “are you threatening me” after Kayla is shown looking down a stairway. If she does, I wanna see Tom justify not taking the kid to a therapist now. Especially after what happened with Parker.

Edie and Bree apparently are going to get into a war over the Orson kiss. Wonder if Bree’s gonna recruit Katherine to help her out? If so, I really wouldn’t want to be Edie.

I’m not so sure about the Susan going into labor thing, though. I mean, have you seen Susan at all? I don’t even want to imagine her in charge of a helpless baby. It’s a miracle Julie ever made it out of her own babyhood.

Well, that’s about it for now. Stay tuned, because later on I’ll be back to tell you all about James Denton’s and Marcia Cross’ talk show appearances. Til then, take care!

Good morning, everyone! I hope you’re all doing well today and ready for the new episode this weekend. So, how many of you have heard or have the Desperate Housewives soundtrack? If you don’t, you’re missing out (yes, this includes me). I was exploring Amazon last night and listened to some of the sound clips. There’s a lot of country on it, but there are also songs by Gloria Estefan, Joss Stone and others. One of the cuter things about the CD is the bits of dialog that are spread out through it. They picked bits they really fit each character. Gabby, for example, has the “I’ve been poor but happy before, and guess what? Wasn’t that happy” quote, while they chose Lynette talking about how other mothers make the parenting thing look easy.

By far, the best song on it is called “God Bless the American Housewife”. The song is performed by SheDaisy, a country music trio made up of sisters. The song was clearly written to touch of each character and the video is great as well. Here’s just one line from the song:

“Look at how my children play Commando in the cul-de-sac
Look at how my husband has survived another heart attack
Look at all the other mothers envious of all my things
Have to call the plumber cause my daughter flushed my wedding ring”

The video features Kassidy, Kelsi and Krystin on the set of the show re-creating classic moments from the first season. Kassidy (the brunette) plays Susan and Gabby, Krystin (the blonde) plays Lynette and Edie, while Kelsi (the redhead) makes a scary-accurate Bree. They burn down Edie’s house, get pulled over with the kids acting up in the backseat, mow the lawn in a party dress and other great scenes. If you want to see it, check it out here at the CMT web site. When you finish watching it, why not come back and tell me who made the best “housewife”? I’m personally partial to the one who played Bree. Well, that’s it for now. Check back a little later, when I’ll be sharing a really cute photo. See ya then!

I’ve got another peek at what’s coming up on Sunday’s episode for you all again. And this one looks like a good one, with another visit from our favorite gardener, John. John is played by the fabulous Jesse Metcalfe, of course and has been greatly missed since he departed the show in the second season. You may recognize this week’s sneak peek from the promo that aired directly after last week’s show. If not, then you have a treat coming your way as this episode looks to be good and juicy.

First, like I said, John is back and wants to start things up with Gaby again. What will Carlos think of that? And what will Gaby’s reaction be? And who is that blond girl in the picture up there with John? Is that his girlfriend? Inquiring minds want to know!

Also, we’ll see the return of Danielle this week, I’m supposing at the hands of her grandmother, Phyllis. She’s listed on the roster of guest stars so I’m guessing Phyllis does bring little Dani back to Wisteria Lane. How will Bree and Orson hide her little… ahem, development?

As we noticed last week, Edie is on to Carlos and Gaby and this week, she becomes yet more aware of their little fling. What will her reaction be? Does she have anything to do with John’s renewed interest in Gaby?

In “new neighbor news”, Bob and Lee (so that’s his name!) have put up a water feature in their front yard and the residents don’t care for it one bit. In fact, the fountain causes quite a stir in the neighborhood. What lengths will be gone to, you have to wonder. If Susan is involved, everyone keep their dog and cat indoors!

Anyhow, watch the little promo below and tune in Sunday night to see all the juicy developments!

Not only do I have some goodies about what to expect on Sunday’s show, but I have some spoilers for the weeks ahead as well. If you don’t want to be spoiled, I suggest you refrain from reading any further. If you don’t mind finding out some juicy tidbits a little early, by all means, read on.

Sunday’s show is titled “If There’s Anything I Can’t Stand”. That certainly sounds intriguing, doesn’t it? We get to see the long-awaited introduction of the “gay neighbors” we’ve been hearing about for so long. There’s a promo for the episode just below so you can see some of the juiciness for yourself.

Also, expect for someone to discover Bree’s little secret. Will they spill the beans?

Further down the line, Wisteria Lane doesn’t care for their new neighbors’ water sculpture. Edie discovers Carlos and Gaby’s affair; what will she do about it? Also, John the gardener is back and he wants to start things up with Gaby… again! Carlos walks out on Edie, FINALLY, while Susan discovers Mike’s father, whom she thought was dead. Expect to see an unexpected delivery at a Halloween party… why do I have a feeling they mean an ACTUAL delivery? Is Danielle returning to the neighborhood? Then, Tom gets in too deep with some woman named Sylvia and in a “Fatal Attraction” sort of fashion, she blows it out of proportion. And I’m thinking it’s in episode 9 that we’ll see a tornado threaten Wisteria Lane. Expect to see some casualties. The latest word I hear is that we can expect two characters to die in the twister. Sounds exciting!

That should take us clear up to December, nearly to the winter haitus. What are you thinking of this season so far? I’ve heard some very favorable reviews, it seems a lot of critics think “Desperate Housewives” is finally getting back to it’s hilarious roots. I don’t know about that, but I’ve been enjoying it so far.

It’s been a weird news week for “Desperate Housewives”. Much of the news out there has been about the Filipino med school “joke” in the premiere episode and the resulting furor. It’s been hard to find new news to dish up to you, so I apologize for that. But today, I have something fun for you all to enjoy. It’s a sneak peek at Sunday’s episode, showing us a juicy scene or two from the show.

Most importantly, we’ve got Edie flashing her engagement ring right in front of Gaby. Is there no end to her stinker-ness? Gaby is predictably annoyed and confronts Carlos who says he never got her a ring, but doesn’t deny the engagement. It looks as though this is all during a party, perhaps being held at Bree’s house (though I couldn’t tell for sure, all those houses look the same to me). For some reason, Susan was dressed far more casually than everyone else and had urgent business with Bree that we didn’t get to see the result of. I’ve read a press release that indicates that this is a charades party that Susan has thrown for the entire neighborhood (in which case, that would make it Susan’s house wouldn’t it?), but then why is everyone else so dressed up? But this would explain why the episode is titled, “The Game”.

As with all sneak peeks and promos, this particular snatch of video has only served to whet my appetite concerning Sunday’s episode. I only want to watch the episode more, to see what all happens. But I’m sure that was their plan in the first place when they released it, right? Watch for yourself and see what you think. Are you just not dying for Sunday’s show or what?

It’s promo season! I love seeing what the studio can come up with and what song they pair the show with. This time, we have Jennifer Lopez’s “Mile in these Shoes” and it’s very 1940’s “film noir”. In fact, this is the promo that was being worked on in the video I posted up the other day. Enjoy the beauty that is and don’t forget, “Desperate Housewives” is back on September 30th! Set your DVR’s now!

There’s casting news off the “Desperate Housewives” and I’m loving what I hear! It sounds like Nathan Fillion and Dana Delaney will be moving to Wisteria Lane playing a new couple who are shrouded in mystery (of course!). Dana will be playing Katherine Mayfair, a woman who has lived on Wisteria Lane before but moved away with her daughter Dylan suddenly and mysteriously. 12 years later, she’s back with her new husband Adam, played by Nathan Fillion who has a some mystery in his past as well. I’ve heard that the sparks fly between Katherine and Bree, due to their similar personalities. Woo! Sounds great huh? Meanwhile, check out this cool promo for the new season, I know you’ll agree with me that it is very intriguing!

So ABC has been doing this thing with their hit shows where they take some clips from a show like “Lost” or “Grey’s Anatomy” and a popular (read: hit) song and produce a video around it. Sounds pretty genius, right? After all, fans have been making fan music videos for years, they’re just beating them to the punch here. And “Desperate Housewives” has not escaped the rockstar treatment. It’s my pleasure to present to you the “Desperate Housewives” music video, set to Sean Kingston’s chart-topping “Beautiful Girls”. Appropriate, no?

Season 3 ended up being so much better than that disaster that was season 2. I didn’t really realize HOW much better until I saw the seventh episode of the season, titled “Bang.” That was the episode that got people’s attention, that opened some eyes and made me stop and realize “Hey, this is a pretty good show.” It showed us just what a great actress Felicity Huffman really is as well. She knocked my socks off during that episode. If you’ve seen it, then you probably agree with me. If you haven’t seen it, take a look at the clip below that highlights some of the biggest moments from that episode. If you don’t have goosebumps on your arms by the time you’re done watching it, then I’ll eat my hat.*

*actually, no I won’t, because I don’t think I even own a hat. But just trust me, okay?

In case you missed it, Marcia Cross was on “The View” yesterday! There, she talked quite a bit about her twins and the show. She talked about where she got the names Eden and Savannah and how she’d tried for many years on her own to get pregnant with no success. She also talked about having a c-section and how it wasn’t as easy as some people had led her to believe. Since a great deal of the women there had had c-sections (or watched someone have one, in the case of Rosie), there was some discussion about them. She also talked about returning to the show and her skin cancer awareness campaign with Oil of Olay. It’s so nice to see her in the media’s eye once again. I’m looking forward to getting Bree back on the show.

Also, catch this promo for this weeks episode, “Into the Woods”. Things aren’t looking so hot for Tom and Lynette, are they? Cue the nailbitting…. NOW!

I still haven’t been able to find a good clip of Felicity’s Oprah appearance, but I did find a good one from the interview she did on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week. She went on to discuss her new “Practical Guide” book, of course. Highlights included the debating of whether or not riding a motorcycle was sexy (she: yes. he: I’ll die.) and Jimmy’s mispronouncing of the word “menstruate”. I was hopelessly distracted by Felicity’s plunging neckline on her leopard print dress. Her chest looked unfortunately skeletal and I kept wanting to go cover her up. But it’s a cute interview and I suggest you give it a watch. Including today there are 4 days until the next new “Desperate Housewives” episode. Woot!

While I still haven’t found a good quality video clip of the cute segment that Felicity Huffman did on Oprah a couple weeks back (I’m still looking! If any of you out there spot it, let me know!), I did find this clip of Nicollette Sheridan’s recent visit to The Ellen Degeneres Show. I don’t quite remember what date it aired, but it was no more than a couple weeks ago. I caught this segment when it originally aired and thought it was hysterical. So I was very happy when I saw that the clip was posted on Ellen’s website. Go take a look, have a chuckle and let me know what you think. Did Ellen throw the arm wrestling contest? I think the two gals were pretty evenly matched, don’t you?

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